What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Meikle Kneyps as Cairn (prehistoric), Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1685). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A prehistoric cairn and 17th-century Covenanters meeting place; reflects both Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary practices and later religious persecution sites in Scotland.
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Places near here
Meikle KnypesMountain / peak · 133 yd
Glenguffock HillMountain / peak · 849 yd
GarelandFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 858 yd
BlackgannochCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Farmstead (post Medieval), Nonconformist Meeting House (17th Century) (1685)-(1688) · 1129 yd
Bail HillCairn (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Glenflosh HillEnclosure (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Quarry(s) (period Unassigned), Track (period Unassigned) · 2.5 mi
Orchard GlenWood · 2.8 mi
Todholes PlantationWood · 3.0 mi
400th Anniversary of the Royal Charter CairnMemorial · 4.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 4.6 mi
Sanquhar Tolbooth MuseumMuseum · 4.7 mi
Sanquhar CastleCastle (medieval) · 5.1 mi